llevarse la palma
Spanish
Verb
llevarse la palma (first-person singular present me llevo la palma, first-person singular preterite me llevé la palma, past participle llevado la palma)
- (idiomatic) to win, to bear the palm, to bear away the palm, to carry the day, to take the cake, to take the prize, to take the biscuit, to beat it all, to run away with the prize
Further reading
- “llevarse alguien la palma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014